National advocacy groups powered by the Koch brothers and other conservative megadonors have found a new cause ripe with political promise: the fight to bring down the Common Core academic standards.

(WZZM) - It's an issue that could affect your child's future and no one can seem to agree on it. The Common Core is a set of English and math standards that say what students should know and when.

The call for a two-year Common Core moratorium by Silver is a powerful statement since it is the Democrats in control of the Assembly, purely by virtue of their numbers, who select the Regents.